Oh, the New York Mets. A $341 million payroll in 2025 and nothing to show for it. While baseball fans talk about the $350 million Los Angeles Dodgers ruining baseball, Mets fans are quietly watching from the side, knowing that payroll doesn't equal championships.
So what went wrong for the Mets in 2025? They brought in the most expensive free agent of all time in Juan Soto for a whopping $765 million deal last offseason, before finally agreeing to a pricey two-year, $54 million deal with their franchise cornerstone, Pete Alonso (who has already opted out of said deal this offseason).